The City of Poughkeepsie Common Council will be able to hire professional staff, after voting to overrule Mayor Rob Rolison's veto of a law approved in May.

The law sets aside funds in the city budget for the retention of professional staff to assist council members. The nine-member council needed six votes to overrule the veto; the number of votes it received was not release.

Ann Finney, Chair of the Council, said in a written statement that the law allows the council to independently manage and monitor the resources already used to evaluate the budget, real estate and council projects. The law also helps to research and draft legislation.

"It is a much more efficient way of conducting the council’s business,” Finney wrote.